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Friends of Peace (FOP) convenor His Eminence Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, OMI (right, seated middle row), Constitutional Commission member and former Comelec chair Christian Monsod (beside Quevedo) and ex-Sen. Santanina Rasul view the screen where the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law is being presented at the House AdHoc Committee meeting on May 11, 2015.Also in photo are Atty.

MARAWI CITY - Fire officials said the fire that gutted several establishments in the city market was triggered by an unattendedcandle at the height of the power interruption in the area.In her report,Samira Gutoc-Tomawis of Young Moro Professionals Network said the fire started in the house of a former provincial official near the Market Plaza.It quickly spread to nearby stalls.She said the presence of civilians and establishment owners trying to salvage valuables prevented the firemen from effective fire fighting activities.She quoted an official of the Bureau of Fire Protection who told t

COTABATO CITY - Malaysian traders have shown interest to pour in investments in the city and preliminaries have been on going, a city official today said.Aniceto Boy Rasalan, secretary to Mayor Japal Guiani Jr, said aside from Malaysian traders, a Cebu-based businessman will also invest in the city due to its business-friendly statute.He refused to give details as preliminaries are still on going.He said the possible new business sites are in BarangaysTamontaka and Kalanganan which is expected to provide employment opportunities for the locals.

COTABATO CITY - This is something officials of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, the police andeven the military's 6th Infantry Division, to look into.A returning Overseas Filipino Worker from Japan has appealed to barangay municipal officials of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao to look into what she described as robbery and harassment by men working as porters at the corner of National Highway and the road leading to the Awang Airport.The OFW who asked not to be named said she was harassed and threatened by men who who demanded P150 labor fee for carrying her luggage from the tricycle

COTABATO CITY - Police authorities here believed the motive behind the killing of an Army corporal inside the city mega market was personal in nature.Senior Inspector Efren Salazar, Police Station 1 chief, identified the victim as Cpl. Roberto Bautista, 39, resident of Barangay Poblacion 3, Cotabato City andassigned with the 6th Infantry Division Training School in Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguidnanao Salazar said Bautista was inside the public market when an unidentified gunman approached from behind and shot him in the head at about 5 a.m.

COTABATO CITY - Presidential hopefulMayor Rodrigo Duterte of Davao City will visit this city for a symposium on Federalism, a form of government that he has been pushing.Engr. Leopoldo Ochia, Cotabato coordinator of Duterte for President Movement, the symposium will be at the Notre Dame University gymnasium and expected to be participated by students, business, civil society organizations, representative from government office,local government units and non government organizations. Ochia said the symposium starts at 1 p.m. and will center on the system of federal government.

KALAMANSIG, Sultan Kudarat - A fisherman was killed while two of his companions were injured when a lightning struck while they were on high seas Monday night, a villageofficial said.Village Councilman Jess Ali of Barangay Pag-asa, Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, identified the fatality as Centino Obrero who died on the spot due to burns in different parts of his body.His companions, Danny Lepae and Tajerol Lepae, survived but with injuries, Councilor Ali told the local police here.The wounded fishermen managed to bring the pumpboat they were riding in and sought help from villagers in Purok Pa

MISAYAP, North Cotabato - An unidentified on Monday robbed an employee of a money courier firm and carted away about P1 milllion worth of cash, police said.Melvin Gonzales, fault line assistant of Western Union based in Carmen, North Cotabato had just withdrew cash from a local bank and was heading to Carmen on board a four-wheel vehicle when a suspect on board a motorbike flagged down their car at 10 a.m.Police said the suspect fled on the same motorbike with his loot contained in a bag.The Midsayap PNP is looking at different angles, from 'inside job' or plain robbery where the victim was

KIDAPAWAN CITIY -A 63-year old man was hacked to death after he was caught having sex with the wife of the suspect in a remote village in Makilala, North Cotabato on Sunday. The Makilala Police identified the suspect as Genesis Tapic, 37, rubber tapper of Purok-Dos, Barangay Malungon in Makilala. Tapic was on his way home after having worked at a rubber farm when he found Quintino Escular, 63, having sex with his wife Josephine at 2 p.m. Tapic told police he was shocked to see the two both naked on the ground.